Journal · AI companion · Weekly recap

The space beside the words.

Write by hand. Understand what you've written. Every week, your journal reads itself back to you.

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Three parts. One practice.

01
Write by hand

The Margin journal has a wide left margin — the literal space beside the words. Write your thoughts, intentions, and observations by hand each day. Handwriting processes differently than typing. That's the point.

02
Capture in the app

Open the Margin app and add your entry — typed, by voice, or by photographing your handwritten pages. Four input modes, all leading to the same place: a complete record of your week.

03
Read your week back

Every Sunday, Margin reads your week and returns a personal synthesis — your wins, your obstacles, the patterns it noticed, and your one word for the week. Not a summary. A mirror.

04
Follow the prompt

Each day, a single question arrives — generated from what you've written, targeting something you circled but never addressed directly. Not generic. Specific to you.

Paper thinks differently.

Most journaling apps ask you to type into a phone. Margin starts with a physical journal — forest green cloth cover, cream paper, a wide left margin built into every page.

A5 hardcover, cream 100gsm paper — fountain pen safe
25mm left margin on every page — space to annotate your own thinking
Two-page daily spread — structured left, open right
QR code inside front cover activates the app companion
240 pages — roughly 4 months of daily practice
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Today's prompt
What did you avoid starting last week...
I keep telling myself I'll begin once the timing...
Wins this week
You had the conversation you'd been postponing for six weeks — and it went better than feared. You also wrote five days in a row.
Obstacles
Monday keeps collapsing the same way — three people need something, you say yes to all of them, your own work doesn't happen.
Margin Reflect · $4/mo
Patterns
You finished something significant and felt hollow — that's three times this year. The hollowness isn't about quality. It's about direction.
Margin Reflect · $4/mo
Actions for next week
Have one conversation with yourself — not your manager — about what the next role is actually for. Write it before Thursday.
Margin Reflect · $4/mo
One word for this week
UNTETHERED

Your week, read back to you.

Every Sunday, Margin synthesises your entries and returns something personal — not a summary. Specific observations. Specific patterns. One word that captures the texture of your week.

The free tier shows your wins. Upgrade to Margin Reflect for the full picture — obstacles, patterns, actions, and personalised daily prompts.

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Privacy by design

Your journal stays yours.

Stored on your device

Every entry lives on your phone first. No account required for basic journaling. Your writing exists even without an internet connection.

AI never retains your writing

Your entries are sent to the AI for recap generation, then discarded. We do not use your journal to train models. Ever.

Export anytime

Download all your entries as a PDF or plain text at any time. Delete your account and all data in one tap from Settings.

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Margin launches with a limited first run of journals. Join the list and you'll hear first — with early access pricing and the chance to be among the first testers.

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